BICYCLIC AMIDE ACETAL/POLYAMINE/POLYISOCYANATE POLYMERS

POLYMERES D'ACETALAMIDE BICYCLIQUE, DE POLYAMINE ET POLYISOCYANATE

English Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A process is described for preparing novel
polymers having good impact resistance and other
desirable physical properties, said process comprising
interpolymerizing a mixture of a bicyclic amide acetal,
a polyamine and a polyisocyanate.
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Claims

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive
property of privileges is claimed, are defined as follows:
1. A process for preparing a polymer having good impact
resistance at a rapid rate comprising interpolymerizing a
mixture of a bicyclic amide acetal, a polyamine containing two
or more amine groups per molecule having at least two amino
groups per molecule which have at least one hydrogen capable of
reaction with isocyanates and a polyisocyanate wherein the
weight ratio of amide acetal to polyamine is in the range of
from 95:5 to 5:95 and the equivalent ratio of isocyanate to
combined bicyclic amide acetal and polyamine is in the range of
from 0.8:1 to about 3:1.
2. The process of claim 1 wherein the bicyclic amide acetal
is one having the formula
<IMG>
wherein R represents hydrogen or an alkyl group having from 1
to 10 carbon atoms, R' represents hydrogen or an alkyl group
having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, R" represents an alkyl group
having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an aryl group having from 6
to 12 carbon atoms or an akaryl group having from 7 to 20
carbon atoms and R"' represents hydrogen or an alkyl group
having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms or an ether group having from
1 to 20 carbon atoms.
3. The process of claim 2 carried out at a temperature in
the range of from about room temperature to about 200°C.
4. The process of claim 3 wherein the bicyclic amide acetal
is one in which R, R' and R"' are hydrogen and R" is methyl.

5. The process of claim 4 wherein the polyamine is a
mixture of triamine of a polypropyleneoxide and diethyl toluene
diamine and the polyisocyanate is isophorone diisocyanate.
6. The process of claim 4 wherein the polyamine is a
mixture of a triamine of a polypropyleneoxide and diethyl
toluene diamine and the polyisocyanate is 4,4'-methylene
bis(phenyl isocyanate).
7. The process of claim 4 wherein the polyamine is an amine
terminated polypropylene oxide and polyisocyanate is 4,4'-
methylene bis(phenylisocyanate).
8. The process of claim 4 wherein the polyamine is a
mixture of an amine terminated polypropyleneoxide and diethyl
toluene diamine and the polyisocyanate is hydrogenated bis(4-
isocyanate phenyl) methane.
9. The process of claim 4 wherein the polyamine is a
mixture of an amine terminated amide based on linoleic acid
dimer, diethyl toluene diamine and a triamine based on poly
propyleneoxide and the polyisocyanate is isophorone
diisocyanate.
10. The polymer produced by the process of claim 1.
11. The polymer of claim 10 wherein the bicyclic amide
<IMG>
wherein R represents hydrogen or an alkyl group having from 1
to 10 carbon atoms, R' represents hydrogen or an alkyl group
having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, R" represents an alkyl group
having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an aryl group having from 6
to 12 carbon atoms, or an alkaryl group having from 7 to 20
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carbon atoms and R"' represents hydrogen or an alkyl group
having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms or an ether group having from
1 to 20 carbon atoms.
12. The polymer of claim 11 produced at a temperature in the
range of from about room temperature to about 200°C.
13. The polymer of claim 12, wherein the bicyclic amide
acetal is one in which R, R' and R"' are hydrogen and R" is
methyl.
14. The polymer of claim 12 wherein the polyamine is a
mixture of triamine of a polypropylene oxide and diethyl
toluene diamine and the polyisocyanate is isophorone
diisocyanate.
15. The polymer of claim 12 wherein the polyamine is a
mixture of a triamine of a polypropylene oxide and diethyl
toluene diamine and the polyisocyanate is 4,4'-methylene
bis(phenylisocyanate).
16. The polymer of claim 12 wherein the polyamine is an
amine terminated polypropylene oxide and the polyisocyanate is
a 4,4'-methylene bis(phenylisocyanate).
17. The polymer of claim 12 wherein the polyamine is a
mixture of an amine terminated polypropylene oxide and ocethyl
diethyl toluene diamine and the polyisocyanate is hydrogenated
bis(4-osicyanato phenyl) methane.
18. The polymer of claim 12 wherein the polyamine is a
mixture of an amine terminated amide based on linoleic acid
dimer, diethyl toluene diamine and a triamine based on
polypropylene oxide and the polyisocyanate is isophorone
diisocyanate.
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Description

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CYCLIC AMIDE ACETAL/POI,YA~INE/POLYISOCYANATE POLYMERS
This invention relates to novel polymers which
result from the interpolymerization of bicyclic amide
acetals, polyamines and polyisocyanates and to a
process for preparing them.
The reaction of bicyclic amide acetals with
polyisocyanates to produce brittle polymers has been
disclosed in West German Patent Publication ~o~
3,235,933. The preparation of polymers by the
interaction of a bicyclic amide acetal, a polyamine and
a polyisocyanate has not previously been reported.
We have discovered that polymers having improved
physical properties can be produced by the
interpolymerization of mixtures of a bicyclic amide
acetal, a polyamine and a polyisocyanate.
The preparation of ~icyclic amide acetals is more
fully described in 4,605,746 (Goel).
Although bicyclic amide acetals have been shown to
react with polyisocyanates at elevated temperatures,
these reactions are quite slow at room temperature
usually taking one-half hour or more for completion.
The polymers resulting from such reaction have been
found to be quite brittle which detracts from their
usefulness. We have discovered that the inclusion of a
polyamine in the reaction of a bicyclic amide acet~l
with a polyisocyanate will increase the reaction rate
and produce improved polymeric products. The reaction
rate can be conveniently varied by adjustment of the
amount and type of polyamine used in our process. The
increased rates of our process make it suitable for use
in reaction injection molding (RIM) processes, for
instance (See U.S. Patent No. 4,218,543 for a complete
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description of RIM). In addition to the faster
reaction rates achieved in our process, the polymers
produced have been found to possess improved quality
and physical properties.
S The combination of bicyclic amide acetals with
polyamines and polyisocyanates gives rapi~
polymerization even at room temperature in our process.
The rate is increased sufficiently that even aliphatic
polyisocyanates can be utilized at slightly elevated
temperatures and still provide rapid curing with no
added catalysts. The process of this invention can be
carried out conveniently at a temperature in the range
of from about room temperature up to about 200C.
The bicyclic amide acetals useful in this
invention include those having the general Formu1a I
R'~ ~ R';'
wherein R represents hydrogen or an alkyl group having
from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, R' represents hydrogen or an
al~yl group having fro~ 1 to 10 carbon atoms, R"
represents an alkyl group having from l to 20 carbon
atoms, an aryl group having from 6 to 12 carbon atoms
or an al~aryl group having from 7 to 20 carbon atoms,
and R~' represents hydrogen or an alkyl group having
from 1 to 20 carbon atoms or an ether group having from
1 to 20 carbon atoms. The bicyclic amide acetals
useful in this invention are considered ~o be at least
bifunctional toward isocyanate. The weight ratios of
bicyclic amide acetal to polyamine range from 95:5 to
5:95.
Polyamines useful in this invention include those
which contain two or more amino groups per molecule
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wherein at least two amino groups per molecule have at
least one hydrogen capable of reaction with isocyanate.
Such polyamines include aliphatic, alicyclic, and
aromatic types such as ethylene diamine, hexamethylene
diamine, isophorone diamine, piperazine, bis(4-amino
cyclohexyl~ methane, diethylene triamine,
diaminobenzenes, diamino toluenes, diethyl toluene
diamines methylene dianilines~ halogenated methylene
dianilines, and the like. Also included are long chain
amines such as amine terminated poly(propylene oxide),
amine terminated dimer ac~d derivatives, amine
terminated butadiene-acrylonitrile oligomers, and the
reaction products of polyamines with oxiranes and the
like.
The polyisocyanates useful in this invention
include organic isocyanates having at least two
isocyanate groups per molecule. The polyisocyanates
can be o~ low, high or intermediate molecular weight
and can be any of a wide variety of organic
polyisocyanates including ethylene diisocyanate,
trimethylene diisocyanate, dodecamethylene
diisocyanate, hexamethylene diisocyanate, hexamethylene
diisocyanate trimer, tetraethylene diisocyanate,
pentamethylene diisocyanate, propylene-1,2-di-
isocyanate, 2,3-dimethyl tetramethylene diisocyanate,
butylene-1,2-diisocyanate, butylene-1,3-aiisocyanate,
1,4-diisocyanato cyclohexane, cyclopentene-l,
3-diisocyanate, p-phenylene diisocyanate, l-methyl
phenylene-2,4-diisocyanate, naphthalene-l,
4-diisocyanate, toluene diisocyanate, diphenyl-4,
4-diisocyanate, benzene-1,2,4-triisocyanate,
xylene-1~4-diisocyana~e 9 xylylene-1,3-diisocyanate,
4,4'-diphenylene methane diisocyanate, 4,4'-diphenylene
propane diisocyanate, 1,2,3,4-tetraisocyanato butane,
butane-1,2,3-triisocyanate, polymethylene polyphenyl
isocyanate, and other polyisocyanates having an

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isocyanate functionality of At least two which are more
fully disclosed in U.S. Patent Numbers 3,35Q,362 and
3,382,215. Polyisocyanates which are polymeric in
nature including isocyanate prepolymers of all types
are included in this invention. The equivalent ratio
of isocyanate to bicyclic amide acetal and a~ine may
vary from 0.8/1 to about 3/1. If desired, any of the
well known polyurethane catalysts may be used in the
process of this invention.
10Optionally, polyols can be included in the
bicyclic amide acetal/polyamine/polyisocyanate mixtures
of this invention. Polyols useful for this purpose
include those having at least two hydroxyl groups per
molecule and having equivalent weights falling in the
15range of from 20 to 5000. Specific polyols include
butane diol, cyclohexane dimethanol, tripropylene
glycol, amide diols, urethane diols, polyether polyols
such as poly (tetramethylene ether) diols, poly-
tpropylene ether) polyols, polyester polyols, and the
like.
Polyhydroxy polyethers useful in this invention
are those having at least 2 hydroxyl groups per
molecule. Polyhydroxy polyethers can be prepared by
polymerization of epoxides, such as ethylene oxide,
propylene oxide, butylene oxide, tetrahydrofuran,
styrene oxide, or epichlorohydrin either on their own
or by chemical addition to other materials such as
ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, trimethylol propanes
and 4,4'-dihydroxy diphenyl propane and the like.
Polybutadienes having hydroxyl groups as well as other
known hydroxyl containing vinyl addition polymerized
polymers can be used.
The process and polymeric compositions of this
invention are further illustrated in the following
representative examples.

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Example 1
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This example illustrates the difference in
reactivity of the process of the present invention over
the prior art bicyclic amide acetal/polyisocyanate
reaction. Experiments (A) and (B) of this example are
within the scope of this invention and illustrative
experiments (C) and (D) are outside the scope of this
invention.
(A). A mixture of 4g of a bicyclic amide acetal
of Formula I wherein R,R' and R~' are hydrogen and R"
is methyl, 5g of a triamine vf polypropyleneoxide of
5000 molecular weight, lg of diethyl toluene diamine
and 8.2g of isophorone diisocyanate was allowed to
stand in an open cup and the gelation and curing time
was noted. The mixture gelled in 60 minutes and cured
to a hard product in less than 24 hours.
(B). The procedure of (A) was followed except
that llg of liquified 4,4'-methylene bis(phenyl
isocyanate) was used in place of the isophorone
diisocyanate. In this case the gel time was 1-2
seconds and the cure time to a hard product was about
45 seconds.
(C~. A repeat of (A) of this example except that
no triamine or diethyl toluene diamine was used and the
amount of isocyanate u~ed was 6.6g gave a mixture which
gelled in more than 80 hours and tsok more than 80
hours for cure to a hard product.
(D) A repeat of (B) of this example except that
no amine was used and the amount of isocyanate was 9.3g
resulted in a mixture which gelled in about 2D minutes
and formed a hard product in 20 minutes.
Examples 2-8
The compositions listed in Table I were prepared.
The results of testing for heat distortion temperature
(HDT) by ASTM D648-56, notched izod impact strength
(NII) by ASTM D256 was unnotched izod impact strength
~UNI) on the cured compositions are given in Table II~

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In each case the long chain diamine was pre-reacted by
mixing at room temperature with the appropriate
isocyanate. This mixture was then degassed at reduced
pressure and at room temperature. The bicyclic amide
acetal and short chain diamine (if any) were mixed and
degassed before mixing all of the components and
allowing the curing to take place at 40-50C. In Table
I the polyamine A is the triamine of a 5000 molecular
weight pol~propyleneoxide, B is diethyltoluene diamine,
E is a 2000 molecular weight amine terminated
polypropyleneoxide, F is a 3500 molecular weight ami~e
terminated poly(butadiene- acrylonitrile) and G is
bis(4-aminophenyl) methane. Also in Ta~le I the
polyisocyanates used are C which is isophorone
diisocyanate, D which is liquified 4,4'-bis-
(phenyl isocyanate), H which is hydrogenated
bis(4-isocyanatophenyl) methane and I which is
tetramethyl-p-xylene diisocyanate. In Table II the HDT
is at 264 psi and expressed in degrees Centigrade, the
NII is expressed in foo~ pounds per inch of notch and
the UNI is expressed in foot pounds.
Example 9
A mixture of 40g of the bicyclic amide acetal
described in Example 1 (A), 20g of a diamine amide
based on dimerized linoleic acid, lg of diethyltoluene
diamine, and 2g of S000 molecular weight
po~ypropyleneoxide based triamine was prepared. This
mixture was then mixed with 103g of degassed isophorone
diisocyanate. The reaction was immediate at room
temperature and a hard, opaque, tough solid resultçd
after completing the cure at 120 degrees C. for two
hours.
Exam~le 10
To 200g of poly(propylene ether) diamine
(molecular weight of 400) was added 150g of 1,2-epoxy-

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3-phenoxy propane (epoxy eq. wt. of 150) and the
mixture was heated at about 110C. An exothermic
reaction took place and the reaction temperature
increased to 150C. After 1 hour the mixture was
brought back to room temperature to give a viscous
liquid. A portion (18.639J of this solution was
dissolved in 36.2g of methyl substituted bicyclic amide
acetal ~Example lA), degassed under reduced pressure
and mixed with 91g of degassed polyisocyanate. The
polymer sheet obtained by following the procedure of
Example 2 showed notched izod impact strength of 0.73
ft.lbs/inch of notch, yield strength of 20,682 psi and
flexural modulus of 411,440 psi.

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TABLE I
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Components Example No.
2 3 ~ 5 6 7 8
Bicyclic Amide409 40g 40g 40g 40g 409 40g
Acetal of
Example l(A)
Polyamine A 22g 45g
B lOg15g
E 30g 40g 50g 20g
F 45g
15 G 5g
cyanate C 72g 92g
D 102g lOlg
H94g lllg
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TABLE I_
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2 65.3 1.0 12.7
3 113.0 1.0 6.5
4 121.2 1.0 9.5
30 5 134.5 0.9 11.7
6 ~47.0 0~7 2.6
7 ~304 0.9 3.8
8 143.1 0.8 1.8

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Example 11
This Example demonstra~es ~hat bicyclic amide
acetals can be used as reactive compatibilizing agents
for aminated polyols and low molecular wPight glycols.
To an incompatible mixture of lOg of poly(alkylene
ether) diamine (molecular weight 2000) and 2g of
ethylene glycol was added 2g of the methyl substituted
bicyclic amide acetal described in Example lA. A homo-
geneous solution resulted which remained miscible for
more than 7 days at ambient temperature. This solution
reacted with 15.2g of the diisocyanate described in
Example lB in less than 30 seconds after mixing to give
a solid polymer.
Example 12
The procedure of Example 9 was followed using lOg
of poly(alkylene ether)diamine of 2000 molecular
weight, 2g of butane diol and 2g of the bicyclic amide
acetal to give a homogeneous solution whîch remained
miscible ~no phase separation after 7 days standing at
25C.). This solution upon mixing with 12.4g of the
diisocyanate described in Example lB gave a solid
polymer within one minute after mixing.